This Time-Lapse Video of the Albuquerque Balloon Festival Is Absolutely Breathtaking

Every October, thousands of people gather together in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to watch over 500 illuminated orbs lift off into the air in what is the largest hot air balloon festival in the entire world.

Unsurprisingly, the event lends itself to some absolutely stunning photography, as the blue sky suddenly fills with bursts of color, drifting along quietly like luminescent lollipops.

But a time-lapse video create by videographer Knate Myers is particularly incredible in the way it captures the many stages of the nine-day event, and the numerous angles of the balloons' journeys.

Set to soothing music, the result is absolutely entrancing. Watch the video here:

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